Featured Photo: Container #553 is unloaded in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine! Here is the crew that Gif assembled to help unload.
The awe that reverences the Almighty’s provision is stated in John 9:30: “The man answered and said to them, ‘Well, here is the amazing thing: you do not know where He is from, and yet He opened my eyes!’” The word translated as “amazing” communicates the impact of something marvelously inexplicable to the mortal mind. That action elicits awe, wonder, and reverent amazement. As the word is used in the inspired Scripture, it is reserved exclusively for works, acts, or realities that flow from God’s sovereign initiative and thus call forth worship, obedience, and proclamation. Romans 11:33 expresses it like this: “Oh, the depth of the riches, both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and unfathomable His ways!”
This word describes the “amazing” actions in which we are involved and which we try to communicate through these updates.
Thanks to YOU who support and encourage our efforts, “AMAZING THINGS” develop. Read the below and sit back and be “amazed” at the providential working of the Lord God Almighty!
The AMAZING BUCKETS in Searcy/Judsonia, AR
Larry Cox and the LRI crew have been busily involved in collecting Family Buckets. They will be shipping these Family Buckets along with winter clothing to our distribution network in Ukraine that is helping relief efforts for the hundreds of children evacuated from Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, and Kherson. The Russian bombing has killed scores, and many of these children have been previously moved. Once again, their security is in flux.
I received this amazing email…
“John, as of this coming Thursday, we should have our container, including approximately 375 buckets (+/-), built out and ready to ship. We can accept a pickup/load date anytime during the week(s) of November 9-16. We should avoid Tuesdays, if possible, as Tuesdays are used for other activity. Let us know if you can secure a date. Larry Cox”
The shipping date is being secured! THANK YOU to all in White County, AR and other areas that responded to LRI’s pleas!
The AMAZING BENEVOLENCE to widows in Petriv, Ukraine
A report from my recent trip highlighted a home for the elderly in Petriv, UA. This is a home where 30 residents live. Most are invalid and bedridden. When a good brother read of the home’s need for a washing machine, he sent funds to purchase a new industrial load washing machine. In addition to the funds to purchase the washing machine, he sent extra funds to help with repairing the stoves or to be used as needed.
When I reported that the funds had been sent to purchase the washing machine, the response was “Wow! Wow! The Church of Christ is amazing.” Yes, “amazing” is an appropriate term. With the extra funds, the Director said they needed the stove repairs, but a more urgent need was a refrigerator that worked and a meat grinder. I received the message below:
“John! The report from the elderly home: the $300 that you gave me for them; they bought a suitable refrigerator and a meat grinder. They are very thankful, as now the food has been made more suitable for the people.”
The AMAZING DELIVERY of container #553!
This week, a container was delivered and unloaded at the Ivano-Frankivsk storage shed. It was loaded out of Montgomery, AL on August 16. Below are photos of the unloading. The report I received from Sergii simply stated: “Yesterday unloading. Gif was impressed.”
Thank you to those financially supporting this work. As the budgets are being formulated for 2027, please look at this work and consider assisting with funds. We are still trying to recover lost funds. I will be happy to meet and discuss this work!
John L. Kachelman, Jr. UKRAINE MISSIONS, Dalraida Church of Christ, P.O. Box 3085, Montgomery, AL 36109.
